Over Half of UK Population Supportive of UK Government Breaking International Cybersecurity Law

Over half of the UK population (53%) would be supportive of the UK government and its allies breaking international cybersecurity law, and 45% have admitted they would be supportive of, or engage in online cybercriminal activity themselves, in the right circumstances.

This is according to a new survey* conducted among 1,000 nationally representative UK respondents (aged 16+) by Censuswide, on behalf of International Cyber Expo. 

Remarkably, women were less likely than men to be supportive in either case: 26% of females claimed they would never support the UK government and its allies breaking international cybersecurity law, compared to 17% of men; and 40% of women asserted they would never be supportive of, or engage in any online cybercriminal activity, compared to 26% of men. 

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